# The Best Fuzz Guitar Solos > The Best Fuzz Guitar Solos: #1 is Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix, then Ball and Biscuit and That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Fuzz is distortion at its most extreme: a buzzing, sustaining tone that runs from Link Wray's Rumble and Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze to Billy Corgan's walls of Big Muff and Jack White's Ball and Biscuit. These are the greatest solos built on fuzz, and every video starts at the solo. 1. [Purple Haze](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-purple-haze/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967 2. [Ball and Biscuit](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-white-stripes-ball-and-biscuit/) — The White Stripes · solo by Jack White · 2003 3. [That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-isley-brothers-that-lady-pts-1-2/) — The Isley Brothers · solo by Ernie Isley · 1973 4. [Baby's on Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/brian-eno-baby-s-on-fire/) — Brian Eno · solo by Robert Fripp · 1974 5. [Shapes of Things](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-shapes-of-things/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1966 6. [Just](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-just/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1995 7. [Geek U.S.A.](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-geek-u-s-a/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1993 8. [Cherub Rock](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-cherub-rock/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1993 9. [Mayonaise](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-mayonaise/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1993 10. [Stockholm Syndrome](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muse-stockholm-syndrome/) — Muse · solo by Matt Bellamy · 2003 11. [Freak Scene](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dinosaur-jr-freak-scene/) — Dinosaur Jr. · solo by J Mascis · 1988 12. [Coffee And TV](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blur-coffee-and-tv/) — Blur · solo by Graham Coxon · 1999 13. [Rumble](https://greatestsolos.com/song/link-wray-rumble/) — Link Wray · solo by Link Wray · 1958 14. [Search and Destroy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iggy-and-the-stooges-search-and-destroy/) — Iggy and the Stooges · solo by James Williamson · 1973 15. [Somebody to Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jefferson-airplane-somebody-to-love/) — Jefferson Airplane · solo by Jorma Kaukonen · 1967 16. [The Fly](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-the-fly/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1991 17. [Rattlesnake](https://greatestsolos.com/song/st-vincent-rattlesnake/) — St. Vincent · solo by Annie Clark · 2014 18. [Super Stupid](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-super-stupid/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1971 ## Quick answers ### What is the most famous fuzz guitar solo? Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze, played through a Fuzz Face, is the benchmark. On the site, Jack White's Ball and Biscuit is the highest-ranked fuzz solo in the Consensus rankings. ### What is the difference between fuzz and distortion? Fuzz clips the signal much harder, which gives a buzzy, square-wave sound with long sustain. Overdrive and distortion are smoother and keep more of the guitar's natural attack. ### Which fuzz pedals are the classics? The Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone, the Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, the Sola Sound Tone Bender and the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff are the pedals most of these records are linked with. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)